They could see the open ocean on the other side, so they tried to get through but again ended up trapped between two ice floes. But in the afternoon of the same day, they found themselves trapped again, this time by a soft, snow-like pack. However, the gale moved the ice and on January 18, they passed through the floes. For two days, they couldn’t move because of a powerful gale.
On January 16, the Endurance became trapped between ice floes. The entire crew met in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and this is where their adventure began. (Three days after the Endurance sailed from London, Great Britain declared war on Germany in what would become known as World War I.) The Endurance made the trip across the Atlantic without Shackleton because he had stayed behind to deal with financial matters. The Endurance set out from London on August 1, 1914. The expedition was intended to be the first to cross the entire Antarctic continent by foot, and it was an opportunity for the British Empire to leave a lasting legacy in the exploration of Antarctica. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was Shackleton’s third journey to the South Pole. Background of the ExpeditionĮndurance by Alfred Lansing starts with a background of the expedition. Those visits, correspondence with survivors, and his reading of their diaries informed the book. He became friends with Shackleton’s biographers and traveled to meet some of the survivors of the Endurance expedition. Years later, he encountered a biography of Shackleton, and it fueled his interest-even obsession-with the story. Lansing’s desire to write the book came from his own experience in the Navy and from a book he read during his time there about an American ship during World War I.
To construct the narrative, he relied on the diaries most of the men aboard the Endurance kept, and he interviewed every member of the crew who was still alive at that time. Endurance by Alfred LansingĪlfred Lansing, a US journalist who had served in the Navy, wrote the definitive account of the nearly two-year journey 45 years later. Keep reading for a brief overview of Alfred Lansing’s Endurance. But their ship became trapped between massive ice floes, forcing them to begin an 11-month journey through ice and open ocean. What is Endurance by Alfred Lansing about? What should you take away from the book?Įndurance tells the story of British explorer Ernest Shackleton and his 27 men who in 1914 set out to cross Antarctica on foot. Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here. Shortform has the world's best summaries and analyses of books you should be reading. This article is an excerpt from the Shortform book guide to "Endurance" by Alfred Lansing.
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